The flood-damaged Marine Corps uniform of retired Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Jones hangs on the support beam that he and fiancé held onto to survive flash flooding in Kerr County on July 4, 2025. (Photo provided by Ashlea Baldridge.)

The false rumor claimed the girls survived on rainwater alone, using skills from a wilderness safety drill completed days before the floods.

Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.

Torrential rain flooded creeks, streams and the Guadalupe River, where the water swelled more than 26 feet in 45 minutes.

New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than 100 people.

Two days before the Guadalupe River rose with terrifying speed and force in Kerr County, Texas, a small team from

Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.

With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.

Julia Hatfield, a songwriter who survived the July 4 floods by fleeing her RV park, says more help is needed in Kerrville.

In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.